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Double Freeview!

Mitzi — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:35 GMT

I have just purchased the very excellent Panasonic 32" LCD TV, as recommended by Which, and it is a very excellent telly and I added the equally recommended DVD Panasonic recorder. I have the TV up and running and that was very easy (even for me!) BUT both of them have Freeview! I haven't yet added the DVD recorder - am I going to have problems? I wouldn't like them fighting each other! I will appreciate any advice.

Anyone having trouble with a Thomson DTI6300 on Freeview?

BaltiPie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:45 GMT

Hi

I got myself this new box which worked perfectly for a couple of weeks. Then the sound and picture started juddering (like when a sat signal is obstructed or sat aerial out of alignment) making it unwatchable.

I think this was just before the last switchover date as we did a retune after that and it made no difference.

TopUpTV blame Winter Hill.

Since then I've defaulted the box, done multiple retunes, formatted the hard drive from the service menu, checked all the cables etc etc.

Googling leads me to believe that it might indeed be the Winter Hill transmitter and that it might be resolved after Dec 2nd?

If I plug the aerial back in the TV then the picture is perfect and the aerial was bought specifically for Freeview and as I say it worked perfectly for a couple of weeks with TopTV/ ESPN etc.

In South Cheshire. Can't find a way to manually retune the Thomson box to the different MUX settings shown in other threads if that might help?

Any ideas/ guidance/ suggestions as to what might be wrong or what I might do as a temporary fix very gratefully received.

Thanks in advance
BP

Samsung LE22B450 (Limited free view)

bluedude1875 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:57:46 GMT

Hi, I've bought the above model as a PC monitor and TV. The set works fine as a monitor, but it's only managed to find 6 free view channels in the set up, and they're all BBC channels!!

I have a Panasonic 37" plasma with free view built in and that finds all of the channels. Both sets are connected up to the same aerial. I haven't upgraded the aerial because it's worked ok with the Panasonic.

Any ideas as to what's wrong??

Thanks.

Do i need RF cable?

karekare — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:54:54 GMT

Apoligies for the noob question. :god:

Have just purchased new LCD tv with built-in freeview, spec link here

Been trying to scan for freeview channels with none found. Question is, do i need to connect an RF cable from the TV to the outside aerial to do this?

I checked my area on the Freeview website and i should be getting dozens of channels.

Thanks for any replys.

Humax HD available "early 2010"

Ray_Woodward — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:43 GMT

Apparently Humax are to preview their HD DTT STB on December 9th with a view to launching it in "early 2010".

Humax Freeview HD set-top box to debut 'early 2010' �€� Register Hardware

"TDT" Free TV in Spain - need a device with a HDD too

HandofGod — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:57 GMT

Hi! I live in Spain and have not yet learned spanish so am a little cut-off here when it comes to getting advice in this space. I am about to buy a whole new system... TV, AV Receiver, Blu-Ray, Satellite HD from Canal+ but am stumped on the last piece - the HDD to store my music, DIVx, Photos and to record TV programs on. In Spain there is freeview TV that is called "TDT" here and it needs a decoder box. Is there a good device that decodes and can record too? i need it to be able to connect to a PC so i can put all my music and photos etc on it (preferably wirelessly) and also to move stuff on and of it as i need to. Any advice? for wiring reasons i cannot use the TDT decoder that will be in the new TV i buy...not enough room in the tubes for all the cables...the TV is 5M away on the wall

BBC Freeview Channels/Winter Hill Transmitter

SadR0bot — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:41 GMT

I dont usually use freeview but since I got a new tv yesterday I moved my old one upstairs where I dont have sky and tuned it in. For some reason all the BBC channels have terrible signal quality and are unwatchable, every other channel though is fine, showing a 9 in quality.

Ive got no idea why this is, Ive watched BBC1 on freeview in the past when recordings clashed but never had any problems. Admittedly Ive not tried it since the switchover started. I live in Wigan and use the Winter Hill transmitter, is this something to do with the switchover.

poor quality when recording from tv

oxman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:30:13 GMT

my father has just bought a sanyo digital lcd.when you record a digital channel from the tv to a dvd recorder the quality is poor worse than when you watch the digital channel on the tv.the digital picture on the tv is fine but when you even watch the picture on scart 1 being sent to the recorder the picture is not as good.is this because the scart socket on the tv only outputs cvbs and not rgb.

Suitability of tele?

Telemaid — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:23 GMT

:hiya: Quick question... Will any tele with a scart socket pick up freeview? I have a couple of SEG 's a few years old but both with 2 scart sockets in back. Dont want to waste money on a freeview box if it wont work :grin:

Confused about field strength (dB�V/m) and how it relates to actual signal measured

Wilseus — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:04 GMT

I wonder if anyone can help me? I don't know if anyone here uses the Wolfbane predictor site, but it gives an idea of the signal strength in dB�V/m. I'm having some difficulty understanding the dB�V/m values. What I'm trying to find out is how to convert from such a value to the signal levels generated by any given aerial that I can expect to see in the coax cable that I connect to a meter or a TV. I realise that this of course varies according to the gain of the aerial but I also understand that it's not just a case of adding the gain (in dB) of the aerial to the field strength in dB�V/m. The distance learning course I have completed seems to imply that it does, but I have reason to believe it is wrong.

I have today spent all day playing what I hoped might be the correct equation:

20 log10( 7.94 / (wavelength * square_root ( aerial_gain ) )

but I just cannot seem to get sensible values out of it.

I'd appreciate it if anyone has an answer to this, as I cannot seem to find any information on this anywhere!

Decent Freeview box + question

w851im2 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:48:33 GMT

Hello,
Could any of you give me an idea of a good twin tuner Freeview box with Hard-drive for under �100. Our Sky+ box has almost given up the ghost, Hard drive has broken, one tuner down.
Have become a bit disallusioned with Sky to be honest and have decided to go Freeview, for a while at least.

Also (stupid question alert), can the freeview box just be connected to the existing Dish cables rather than an aerial?

Thanks for any advice.

Freeview HD & Samsung LE46B650

struttler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48:15 GMT

Will my samsung TV be able to pick up the new HD broadcasts that begin in early December from the winterhill transmitter. I seem to remember it has HD tuner built in or have I made that up ?

Twin tuner PVR HD Recorder with DVD player or recorder

cyberdog111 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:49:40 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone know of any decent twin tuner PVR HD recorders with either a DVD recorder or DVD player ?

Thanks

problems with set top box/philips dtr1500/05

emmb — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:16 GMT

Hi
I have a Philips DTR 1500/05. I am using it with an indoor aerial and am having some problems....
Through my indoor aerial I can get each of the 5 terrestrial/analogue channels fine but through the box only BBC1 and BBC2...not 3 4 or 5.

As far as the digital channels are concerned, I don't expect to get a full complement with an indoor aerial but I used to get about 50 percent of them...and that was with a really cheap unbranded set top box...which I was quite happy with until the remote packed up (no it was not the batteries).

Now I've got this Philips one which is supposed to be superior and when I first plugged it in could get E4 More 4, and various others. Then everything went ..nothing except radio was detected and so I ran the First Installation wizard through it and now all I can get is
BBC1, BBC2, CBBC< Cbeebies, BBCNews and BBCParlaiment.

I don't want the world...just a few channels - certainly the same ones I used to be able to get.

My nearest tx is Sutton Coldfield. I am in Birmingham.

Any ideas much appreciated.

Recommend me a aerial!

Dave^ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:15:51 GMT

I'm looking to switch from Virgin TV to Freeview (built into TV).

We don't have an aerial at the minute, so I need to get one.

I've had a quick look, and they cost anywhere between �25 and �60..... are the more expensive ones any better?

Can anyone recommend any good ones or ones to avoid?

Thanks!

ETA - it'll be outside, attached to the Chimney.....